I did a stint in the service (we've still got draft in my place, so everyone does it)
But I'm not a veteran. I'm also an EU player.
But I know that when it comes to organized playing having people who were professional leaders in military outfits is invaluable.
You can't just replace years of formal training combined with practical experience, even with 10+ years of guild leadership and raid organizing.
Never compete with a professional in his chosen field of expertise.
So what I do is learn from them, and I can say I'm getting better by the week.
This is, however, and that is a major point for me, only possible since there is a training program in the BWC where you learn all the stuff from people who know.
This begins with "how to set up voice comms properly" and "how do I communicate so everyone understands what I want" but goes up to fully fledged command training courses, if you want.
The thing is: if you already know the stuff - great. If you don't: no worries, we will teach you.
The result of this is great teamwork which doesn't suffer from childhood sicknesses.
You can actually focus on stuff like tactical movement and flow of engagement if the basics just work ™.
This naturally leads to a totally different game experience.
As a measure how much I cherish this count the number of my posts in this thread.
I do this on my own.
I'm not charged with keeping the thread up and I don't get anything for doing this, not even promotion points within the BWC.
I just believe that the outfit that I belong to is the best I've ever seen or participated in.
And I think that everyone who is looking for a gaming experience beyond just unloading your guns into random mechs during PUG drops should try and drop with a BWC 4 man to test what we are saying here.
This is my motivation.
(And if you read this post this far you're doing something wrong: Go, kill some stompy deathmachines instead

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ps. If you want to get me by my word on doing 4mans - anytime, just drop me or any of the other BWC personnel a line. You can post in the recruitment forum as well. Just go ahead, someone will pick you up and get it done.
Looking forward to have you in the team.

Edited by Philatrocius, 15 October 2013 - 04:41 AM.